Chart Highlights  –  30 May 2019

• Fresh Collab: Ed Sheeran, Chance The Rapper & PnB Rock's 'Cross Me' debuts at No.17​
• Local Music: 5 Seconds of Summer in at No.25 with 'Easier' in first week ​​
• Fast Riser: Halsey's 'Nightmare' up 259 spins to No.22 with 405 spins 

Mathew Eggleston (Eggo) has been appointed to the newly created role of Hit Network National Operations Manager.
 
Eggo will be giving up the warm Brisbane weather to head to Sydney and will drive the implementation of operations, tactics and national projects across the entire network and Hit assets.
 

The Boomtown committee hosted a breakfast in Sydney for media agencies and client partners earlier this week to further highlight the gap in advertising spend in metro v regional markets, despite the population of ‘Boomtown’ exceeding 8.8million people.

Sean Brown has returned to his hometown as Mornings Announcer and Music Director for Hobart’s Hit100.9.
 
Originally born in Hobart and growing up in Tasmania, Sean made the move to Sydney in 2017 to attend AFTRS and whilst studying, Sean began his radio career producing digital content with Kyle and Jackie O then moved onto casual on-air work across the Australian Radio Network.
 

If Hit Network’s Dave Hughes is looking a bit more well dressed lately, it could all be thanks to a recent car accident.
 
Hughesy backed into another car in the narrow streets of South Yarra after a particularly strenuous gym session recently, causing minor damage.
 
That vehicle he ran into was part of the fleet owned by Cotton On clothing company founder, billionaire Nigel Austin.
 

The recipient of the 2018 SCA Graduation Internship award Grant Maling says it’s further developed his love of Radio.

The World Famous Rooftop (WFR) is set to return later this month, with the Hit Network in partnership with Network Ten’s The Project bringing Aussie artist Dean Lewis to Melbourne for a live and exclusive performance.
 
The multi-platinum selling artist has received worldwide acclaim for his debut album ‘A Place We Knew’ and returns home for his national tour and to perform on the WFR.
 

The Hit Network welcome the hilarious Tom Bainbridge and Oliver Morris aka Tom & Olly to mid-dawns (1am- 5am) around the country from today, Monday April 1.